one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
counter for chairs or seats
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
light; lamp; counter for electric lights
Japan's old (lunisolar) calendar
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
light; lamp; obsolete unit of luminous intensity (approx. 1.0067 candela)
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
mountain hamlet; mountain village
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
end of life; death; annihilation
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
environment; circumstance
whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)